The new-found Northerne Deedle:
OR,
Mirth and wit according to the times,
Fancies to fit, are in these following rimes.
To the tune of This is my Grannams deedle.
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MY mothers a good old woman,
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Beloved of Knights and Yeomen,
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That never did hurt to no man,
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Her wits together wil summon:
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to call for the new-found deedle,
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to call for my Grannams deedle,
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to call for the Dadyes deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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And also my sister Nanny,
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So beautifull and canny,
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Content will give to any,
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And please them though nere so many:
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in dancing the new found deedle.
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in dancing my Grannams deedle,
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in dancing the Dadyes deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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My brother a swaggering gallant,
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Knows Gilderland, Brabbant, Zeland,
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And lately is comne out of Holland,
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To England to spend his talant:
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and calls for the new found deedle,
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come play us my Grannams deedle,
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my Mammies and Dadyes deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The Courtiers wives so dainty,
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Of gold which have great plenty:
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Will drink, carouse, and be merry,
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And sack it in pleasant Sherry.
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and calls for the new found deedle,
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come play us my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northern deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The Lady which takes upon her,
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The style of state and honour,
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Wil ride in Majestick manner,
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With gallants attending on her,
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and cals for the new found deedle,
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come play us my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The tradesmens wives of the citty,
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So handsome, neat, and pretty,
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So understanding, witty,
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Delight in no other ditty:
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but call for the new found deedle
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come play us my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The country lasses so bonny,
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With breaths as sweet as honey,
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For cost they care not any,
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But freely will spend their money,
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and cals for the new found deedle,
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come play us my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The second part, To the same tune.
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THe yong men so neatly attired,
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Whose braveries are admired,
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When any brave musick they heare it,
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Most heartily doe desire it,
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this merry conceit of the deedle,
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to heare the new found deedle,
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come play us my Grannams deedle
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the new found Northerne deedle,
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The musicall skild Musitian,
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However be his condition:
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To play it he hath an ambition,
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Because unto him they petition:
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to play the new found deedle,
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to play them my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northern deedle
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this merry conceit of the deedle:
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The Carpenter, Mason, and Glasier,
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The bonny blacksmith, the Brasier,
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And Barber that trims with a razor,
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Will merry be when they have leasure:
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and call for the new found deedle
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to play them my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The Tanner and merry Shoomaker,
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The Maltman, the Miller, and Baker,
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And Brewer with them is partaker,
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If boldly that truth may be speaker:
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to call for the new found deedle
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and call for my Grannams deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle
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this merry conceit of the deedle.
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The lustie and well limbd Sailor,
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The nimble and spruce neat Taylor,
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Agreed like good fellowes that present
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Together they would be pleasant,
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and have the new found deedle,
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this merry conceit of the deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle,
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o this is my Grannams deedle.
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To see these mad lads come reeling,
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Hearing, seeing, and feeling,
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With pleasing smelling and tasting,
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Crying out of Spendthrifts wasting,
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that spending, desires the deedle,
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the new found Northerne deedle,
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my good old Grannams deedle
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the Mammy and Daddies deedle.
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Blind Fortune following after,
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Moved a hearty laughter,
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To see polt-footed Vulcan,
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Tossing off many a full can,
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and singing the new found deedle, etc.
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Mercury, Mars, and Venus,
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So witty and engenious,
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Brought in the yong god Cupid
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To jeere at poore mortalls so stupid,
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for learning the new found deedle,
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o this my Grannams deedle,
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the Mammy and Daddies deedle,
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a merry conceited deedle.
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